After working in the mines of Pennsylvania, Colorado and Mercur, Utah, at the turn of the century, Italian immigrant Antonio Ferro opened a small market at 562 W. 200 South in Salt Lake City, married his sweetheart, Giovannina Calfa, and found his true calling. In 1906, the young entrepreneur managed — owned and incorporated — the Western...
READ MOREAt the Italian Club of Salt Lake we have updated our calendar to include Italian Social Hour every Thursday. (except when it falls on a holiday) Parli italiano? Pratica con noi! Make new friends, while conversing in Italian! No books, no board, no pens: oggi si parla solo italiano! All levels welcome. Speak if you can, or simply practice l...
READ MOREWe are happy to announce our new instructor for Beginning/Conversational Italian. Lorenzo Borghi is from Bologna, Italy. Lorenzo and his wife have been living in Utah since January of 2013. We are thrilled to have them be a part of our community and to have Lorenzo join the team as an Italian instructor. Please help us welcome them. There...
READ MOREOctober is Italian-American Heritage Month in the State of Utah and the Office of the Mayor, in partnership with the Salt Lake City Public Library, is pleased to celebrate and showcase 2013 as the Year of Italian Culture in the Capital City. At 7 p.m. each Tuesday evening in October, the public is invited to visit the City Library Main Lib...
READ MORECharles and Louise Hamilton and Walter Borla are members of Stella de America, an Italian-American fraternal lodge in Helper that began in 1898. They are also members of Saint Anthony of Padua Parish. Stella de America is an affiliate of the Columbian Federation of Italian-American Societies throughout the United States. It was established in 1893...
READ MOREParte dagli Stati Uniti il primo tour internazionale 2014 del Vino Nobile di Montepulciano. Una settimana di appuntamenti e di degustazioni in varie città degli Usa per far conoscere a esperti, opinion leader e operatori del settore le ultime annate in commercio (il Nobile 2011 e la Riserva 2010), le stesse presentate di recente nell'Anteprima del...
READ MOREby Mauro Battocchi Valter Nassi is the proud proprietor of Valter's Osteria in Salt Lake City which recently achieved Ospitalitá Italiana's prestigious certification as one of its "Italian Restaurants around the World." Valter has been in the restaurant business for more than forty years and established his first restaurant in Salt Lake Ci...
READ MOREWTI Magazine #79 2016 May 13Author : Nick Fuoco Translation by: Columbus Day is a day that we as Italians hold very dear as a way to honor the Italian heritage and strong immigrant culture of this great Country. Recently, il nostro giorno, Columbus Day, came under attack in the State of Utah via S.B. 170 which was crafted by State Se...
READ MOREIl Sundance Film Festival, in corso in Utah in questi giorni, è il paradiso degli indie di celluloide. In America la segmentazione del mercato del cinema tra mainstream e underground, tra cinema di Hollywood ed indipendenti, è sensibile e feconda. La libertà creativa si respira in ogni film. Nessuna sceneggiatura è scontata: il pubblico chiede un i...
READ MOREUtah Opera takes audiences on a heart-stopping journey of forbidden love, loyalty, betrayal and tragedy in the 2015-16 season opening production of Puccini's "Tosca". The performances, held at the Janet Quinney Lawson Capitol Theater, are October 10, 12, 14, and 16 at 7:30 PM, then October 18 at 2 PM. Tickets, priced from $18-$89, are avai...
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